Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Thailand in talks with Iran, other govts for Hamas hostages release
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is in touch with Iran and other governments that can make contact with Hamas for the safe release of nearly two dozen Thai nationals being held hostage by the organisation...
Nov 03, 2023
Thailand tries to rescue 162 nationals trapped in Myanmar fighting
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is trying to bring home 162 of its nationals trapped in Myanmar by a surge in clashes between junta troops and ethnic minority insurgents near the border with China, offic...
Nov 03, 2023
Air pollution in India’s New Delhi turns ‘severe’, some schools shut
By Tanvi Mehta NEW DELHI (Reuters) - People in New Delhi woke up to a thick layer of toxic haze on Friday, and some schools were ordered to be shut for two days as the air quality index (AQI) entered ...
Nov 02, 2023
China set for abrupt switch from warm to freezing weather in year of extremes
BEIJING (Reuters) - Temperatures in northern China are set to plunge as much as 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit) after summer-like conditions in the final days of autumn, state forecasters said on F...
Nov 02, 2023
North Korea confirms embassy closures to revamp diplomatic efficiency
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea confirmed on Friday it is shutting some embassies in an effort to "rearrange its diplomatic capacity efficiently", closures that South Korea says indicates the North is s...
Nov 02, 2023
Australian woman in court on murder charges after mushroom lunch killed three
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) - A woman appeared in court in Australia on Friday accused of the murder of three elderly people, who police have said are suspected to have died after they ate poison...
Nov 02, 2023
Exclusive: Weak yen forces Japan to shrink historic military spending plan
By Nobuhiro Kubo, Takaya Yamaguchi and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - A collapse in the yen is forcing Japan to scale back a historic five-year, 43.5-trillion-yen defence build-up aimed at helping to det...
Nov 02, 2023
US to call on Israel to implement humanitarian pauses in Gaza
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The top U.S. diplomat planned on Friday to urge Israel to agree to multiple pauses in its war against Hamas militants in Gaza to allow ...
Nov 02, 2023
U.S. flying drones over Gaza in search of hostages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has been flying surveillance drones over Gaza in search of hostages taken by Hamas when the Palestinian militant group attacked Israel on Oct. 7, two U.S. offi...
Nov 02, 2023
North Korea protests to US over Minuteman III missile test
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea vowed to continue military action while criticizing the United States over a recent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test, state media KCNA said on...
Nov 02, 2023
